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Did my first 4.8k road run today, after completing Couch to 5k and a few of the Beyond Couch to 5k runs with Steve Cram on the treadmill at the local gym. What...

Graduate10•1 month ago

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Treadmill to Tarmac

Did my first 4.8k road run today, after completing Couch to 5k and a few of the ...

Kiwi_Colza

•2 months ago

Just another run on my return to C25k glory: week 7 run 1. 25 min continued running. Run felt great (I think my rowing kept me fit, so I’m not really...

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Nettle-proof run thanks to my gaiters!

Just another run on my return to C25k glory: week 7 run 1. 25 min continued runn...

Hi everyone, I have yet another pair of running shoes with a hole in the upper where my big toe rubs against the inside of the shoe as I run. is there a...

Graduate10•8 months ago

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does anyone else have a big toe that wears through your running shoes?

Hi everyone, I have yet another pair of running shoes with a hole in the upper w...

Unclesteve2004

•9 months ago

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No runs for 3w - hard work!

Graduated C25K in August … then got married 3 weeks ago … hence lots of celebrating & no exercise! Managed a very hot & sweaty slow 30mins today…. Almost...

Graduated C25K in August … then got married 3 weeks ago … hence lots of celebrat...

Happymel

•2 years ago

Short run this morning. Here are the things that flowed across my mind whilst running, making good use of my mnemonic memory hooks to devise the next HU post...

Threshold Gremlins, Psycho moments and running in London (no, not really)

Short run this morning. Here are the things that flowed across my mind whilst ru...

Graduate10•2 years ago

For the first time in months (and the first time since I graduated), I don’t have a play next Saturday. I have joined Park Run . . . and there’s a local run ....

Any advice for a first Park Run?

For the first time in months (and the first time since I graduated), I don’t hav...

Gthants

60minGraduate•2 years ago

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Exercise induced rhinitis- bit of a moan.

Hello all! I have had hay fever a few times in the last couple of years (more inflamed eyelids that nose though! I’ve been taking nasal spray &...

Hello all! I have had hay fever a few times in the last couple of years (more ...

Amieet

•2 years ago

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Another run, and starting on Ankle Mobility Drills

This morning I started into Week 4 of my NRC 10k plan, running the 40 min run with Headspace, titled “Running towards your goal”. Well, my goal in the next...

This morning I started into Week 4 of my NRC 10k plan, running the 40 min run wi...

Graduate10•2 years ago

Just started my third week of JEFFING, as part of my return to running from a calf strain. (2min running / 30 sec walking) The plan is taken from the James...

How to return from a calf strain well (PART 4)

Just started my third week of JEFFING, as part of my return to running from a ...

Graduate10•2 years ago

I am beginning to get a sense that returning well from minor injuries or illness is a skill (and a discipline) that is very useful to learn as a runner. It...

How to return from a calf strain well (PART 2)

I am beginning to get a sense that returning well from minor injuries or illness...

I am presently still on the injury couch. On Monday this week, I pulled a calf muscle whilst walking from one of my workplaces to the other, just a 20-minute...

Graduate10•2 years ago

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The case of the pulled calf - A muscle mystery!

I am presently still on the injury couch. On Monday this week, I pulled a calf m...

So today I did some reading. I’ve been getting out a couple of times a week doing 5 or 7k sometimes on the flat, sometimes half road, then half flat (I live...

Graduate10•2 years ago

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Steady running advice needed!

So today I did some reading. I’ve been getting out a couple of times a week doin...

MisterJawaid

•3 years ago

Dear Fellow Runners, Over the past two or three months, I have noticed the last two toes on both my feet beginning to turn yellow and soften … no pain, just...

Toes?? Anyone?

Dear Fellow Runners, Over the past two or three months, I have noticed the last ...

Hoppy74

Graduate10•3 years ago

I'm 57. I recently had a month off after hurting my hamstring in a sprint over uneven ground (idiot!). Last night I went for my first run back, 5k. It was fine...

'Twitchiness' in (old) leg muscles

I'm 57. I recently had a month off after hurting my hamstring in a sprint over u...

stepover

•3 years ago

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Painful heel / tendon

Hello. I’ve been happily running around 7k most days for the last few years without issue. Last week whilst putting my walking boots on I felt a twinge on my...

Hello. I’ve been happily running around 7k most days for the last few years with...

Miket2001

•3 years ago

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Canicross Podcast

I’m just nursing a flu in bed, so am listening to many podcasts and came across this one: Canicross Conversations https://www.canicrossconversations.co.uk/...

I’m just nursing a flu in bed, so am listening to many podcasts and came across ...

Graduate10•3 years ago

Just coming to the end of "lifetime" of first pair of Ghost 13s. Does a runner"s gait change over time, or do I need to check it again before buying shoes...

Gait query

Just coming to the end of "lifetime" of first pair of Ghost 13s. Does a runner"s...

Rosieretro

•3 years ago

Last week I wrote that I'd had a bit of a break over my holiday, but now I am back, trying to get ready for an event I've signed up to. On Sunday morning I ran...

Training for an 8.5 k event in mid December

Last week I wrote that I'd had a bit of a break over my holiday, but now I am ba...

swissfish

Graduate10•3 years ago

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Running to a beat

I love to run to the beat… any ideas of apps, music, etc? Have done the nhs couch to 5k+ stepping stone with Laura 3 times now. (I love it!) How many times...

I love to run to the beat… any ideas of apps, music, etc? Have done the nhs couc...

Wopsle17

•3 years ago

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I'm new here and would be interested in advice on how to progress!

I completed Couchto5k in June and have been running 5k, twice a week since, using the NHS Audiofuel podcasts. I use Stamina for the 5k's (one is a park run,...

I completed Couchto5k in June and have been running 5k, twice a week since, usin...

WhizzyTwix

Graduate10•4 years ago

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Bridge to 10k

Is there an app for bridge to 10k?

Stephascope85

•4 years ago

Just yesterday I posted on our Strength and Flex forum a post about planning a new plan (...

Queen of Slow plans for more slow...

Just yesterday I posted on our Strength and Flex forum a post about planning a ...

I am just coming to end of coucn to 5k and find the discipline of 3 runs a week ams a program to follow a real motivation so am looking for a new program to...

Graduate10•4 years ago

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Is there a program like couch to 5k for 5k to 10k ?

I am just coming to end of coucn to 5k and find the discipline of 3 runs a week ...

Mortain123

•4 years ago

Hi everyone, I completed C25K in January, and since then I've run only once per week, usually on Sunday mornings. I've managed to keep up with my 5k runs, but...

Introducing myself - hoping one day to manage 10k

Hi everyone, I completed C25K in January, and since then I've run only once per ...

swissfish

Graduate10•4 years ago

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Help request for newbie with hamstring knee pain

After completing C25K a few months back I was really enjoying my 3 runs a week on a treadmill and looking forward to progressing to running outdoors and trying...

After completing C25K a few months back I was really enjoying my 3 runs a week o...

HouseworkCanWait

Graduate5k•4 years ago

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Park run advice please

Hi, I’m planning to take part in the park run next Saturday, but am very nervous as I haven’t run 5K yet, but am nearly there! Can you advise me what happens...

Hi, I’m planning to take part in the park run next Saturday, but am very nervous...

Sammyyy

•4 years ago

Hi, I have a pain going from buttock to knee & cases some weakness, I think it may be sciatica? Is a leg roller good for this? Thankyou

Leg pain

Hi, I have a pain going from buttock to knee & cases some weakness, I think it m...

Sammyyy

•4 years ago

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Half marathon route to Trafalgar square...

Hiya folks. I'm planning to run a HM to Trafalgar square from Barnet (North London). Has anyone done anything similar, and if so, which way did you go? Only...

Hiya folks. I'm planning to run a HM to Trafalgar square from Barnet (North Lond...

Antonio_the_Aussie

Graduate10•4 years ago